thank you for making this and releasing the file for free. This should allow many people to be able to replace any broken ones they may have.

James

and my VB screens have been fixed thanks to runnerpack. Thank you for the awesome work man!

USA System0
Serial Number: VN10245019[2]
It reads: “EXT.”

my only VB system for now

now that is a nice find indeed!

vb-fan wrote:

Welcome! VB is so much fun; you have to get games like “Bound High”. But you can’t play it while someone is sleeping, or in an apartment complex; it’s very frustrating and can cause screaming! 😉

Will keep an eye out for it.

Having the plastic frame is most of the battle; the foam shield tends to die after awhile, exterior fabric starts separating from the base material.

Will give it a try on making my own.

DogP wrote:
I’m not from Michigan, but welcome anyway. 🙂

The hardest part would probably be finding the right material… it’d have to be more rigid than felt, but not scratchy like a lot of foam. I’m not familiar with a lot of fabrics… maybe the cloth coated foam like the original is commonly available. Otherwise, you could cut one out of a thin plastic material, like one of those flimsy plastic binders. You’d probably want to put some rubber/foam (or maybe even just electrical/duct tape) over the edge so the sharp plastic doesn’t cut into your face though.

Gonna give it a try to make one for now until I can buy a real one.

RunnerPack wrote:
Here’s the relevant thread: http://www.planetvb.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3688

Thanks for the link RunnerPack

DogP wrote:

If you know anyone that’s good at sewing, you could possibly make it similar to a hat brim (plastic or cardboard with a cloth cover). Or, maybe instead of sewing, spray it with a rubber material like plasti-dip. Something that’d probably be okay as-is (simply cut to shape) would be a silicone rubber mat (as long as it’s not too heavy to hold shape or too thin to stay in place on the pegs).

If you really want to get fancy, you could probably make a mold, line it with thin black cloth, and fill it with oogoo ( http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-Your-Own-Sugru-Substitute/ ). The cloth should stick well to the silicone, and would pretty quickly give you a cloth coated silicone eye shade. It’s probably a lot of setup for a one-off… but it’d probably work well if someone wanted to make a batch of them.

Gives me a couple ideas on ways to do it.

Thanks everyone 🙂

VirtualRolf wrote:
Welcome man!

oh, I’m not from michigan.. 😛

Ha Ha

MegaSilverX1 wrote:

lwizardl wrote:
Thanks MegaSilverX1,

Didn’t think i would see another Michigan person so fast. I’m in Battle Creek, What area you from?

I’m in Grand Rapids.

cool man I usually am near there for the Jafax anime convention. but not going this year

VectrexRoli2 wrote:
I can recommend RunnerPack here on the Planet VirtualBoy forums, he now fixed the 4th Virtual Boy for me:
http://youtu.be/N7CmNjc2E4w

I registered on here becuase of your video, thanks for taking the time to make the video.

Just bought from ebay seller. I’m thinking it was a USA Retail system.

VN102450192

HoMenace wrote:
Welcome! Funnily enough, I’m also from michigan. I live in sterling heights.

Well I guess the VB fans are strong in michigan 🙂

Thanks MegaSilverX1,

Didn’t think i would see another Michigan person so fast. I’m in Battle Creek, What area you from?

I noticed that my system came with part of the eye covers. It has the plastic lock piece but is missing the full rubber section. Are they normally found like this or is the plastic piece also normally missing?

Is there a cheap way to replace the missing rubber section or will I have to buy on of the expensive ones off ebay 🙁

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RunnerPack wrote:
Hi, again, lwizardl! PM reply sent.

Welcome to the forum. You got a great deal on that VB. I’m looking forward to getting it working for you. Have you played much VB before? If not, you’re in for a real treat, I gotta say 😉

Hey RunnerPack, Sent you a reply and will be using your services soon to get the vb working. Also told a friend about you so he can get his VB working also 🙂

I have played the Virtual boy before but that was back in like 1999 when I was working seasonal stock for toysrus. I used my lunchbreak to try out some games. Played Red Alarm and after like 10-15 minutes I got a headache. Going to give it another try 🙂

glaros wrote:
Welcome to the forum happy VB gamer.

Thank you glaros

retronintendonerd wrote:
Welcome! Great deal you got! If you’re looking for a quick and effective way to clean the battery corrosion, CLR cleaning product will take care of it in less than a minute. I used it on my DMG restoration and all I did was take the springs/contacts out and dipped them in a tiny little bit of the liquid or you could apply it to a q-tip and clean other areas that are hard to reach.

Thank you retronintendonerd, I will get some next time i’m out shopping.

modeltfordman wrote:
Welcome to the community! RunnerPack has fixed one of my virtual boy’s displays, and that was an extremely good deal on the vb. I wish I was that lucky. So far I only have three games for mine, but I have had so much fun with the vb!

Thank you modeltfordman.